Jim Dine: Paris Reconnaissance

Product Description This book is the catalogue to Jim Dine’s upcoming comprehensive exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, covering over five decades of his varied and prodigious output. Over the past years Dine has donated large personal selections of his art to museums across Europe and the US, including the British Museum, the Albertina in Vienna, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. One such generous gift to the Centre Pompidou, consisting of 28 paintings and sculptures from 1961 to the present, is the subject of this book. Featuring double-page reproductions of each work―covering Dine’s major motifs including his hearts, bathrobes, birds, self-portraits and tools―Also 9 poems pertaining to Paris 1968–2018, supplemented with vintage photos, this book is the most detailed survey to date of one of the most important contemporary artists. From the Back Cover This book is the catalogue to Jim Dine’s upcoming comprehensive exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, covering over five decades of his varied and prodigious output. Over the past years Dine has donated large personal selections of his art to museums across Europe and the US, including the British Museum, the Albertina in Vienna, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. One such generous gift to the Centre Pompidou, consisting of 28 paintings and sculptures from 1961 to the present, is the subject of this book. Featuring double-page reproductions of each work―covering Dine’s major motifs including his hearts, bathrobes, birds, self-portraits and tools―Also 9 poems pertaining to Paris 1968–2018, supplemented with vintage photos, this book is the most detailed survey to date of one of the most important contemporary artists. About the Author Né en 1935 à Cincinnati, en Ohio, Jim Dine est diplômé des Beaux-arts de l'Université de l'Ohio en 1957. Depuis il est devenu l'un des artistes contemporains les plus importants et un des plus prolifiques. Sa carrière, sans pareil, s'étend sur 60 ans et son oeuvre fait partie de nombreuses collections publiques et privées. Il a publié de très nombreux livres aux éditions Steidl, une bonne vingtaine, incluant Birds (2001), The Photographs, jusqu'ici (2003), Hot Dream (52 livres) (2008), A Printmaker's Document (2013) et My Letter to the Troops (2018).